The Skeptics Guide #156 - Jul 16 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Skepticism, Paranormal, Psuedoscience, Science, Fringe-science, Skeptic

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🗓️ 19 July 2008

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson; News Items: Black Hole Hubbub, Its Just a Cracker, Tiktalik Nonsense, Micro Laser Surgery; Your Questions and E-mail: Convincing Evidence; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:12.3	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.3	Today is Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
0:17.9	And this is your host, Stephen Novella, president of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:22.0	Joining me this evening are Bob Novella.
0:23.8	Hey everybody.
0:24.8	Rebecca Watson.
0:25.8	Hello everyone.
0:26.8	Jay Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:30.8	Hi everyone.
0:31.8	On the state of 1994, comic shoemaker Levy 9 collided with Jupiter.
0:35.8	Oh cool.
0:36.8	And the impacts continued for several days until July to be second.
0:40.8	That was a cool event.
0:41.8	That was remarkable.
0:42.8	That was a remarkable stuff.
0:44.8	What was the impact they hit Jupiter with was thousands of times the impact of like the
0:50.5	Hiroshima bomb.
0:52.5	Pretty nasty.
0:53.5	Sure, sure.
0:54.5	Yeah, sure was something like that.
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